Lawyers e-Journal

Incorporate the Eco-Tip into your office practices and become more environmentally friendly

In celebration of Earth Day, the
Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Eco-Challenge has released
its latest Green Guidelines, this time with a focus on landscape
management. The guidelines promote replacing traditional lawns with
natural landscaping and native plants, or implementing measures to
reduce pollution and improve soil health when caring for a
traditional lawn.

Click here to view a PDF
version of the Green Guidelines, Landscape Management.

Click here to access a word document version
of the Green Guidelines, Landscape Management.

The guidelines are broken down into
two major categories, "go natural" and "thoughtful lawn care," with
the latter containing suggestions in the areas of mowing, watering,
pollution, fertilizers, lighting and soil and planting. Among the
tips are limiting lawn watering, preventing runoff, using home-made
fertilizers and soil testing.

Legal businesses of all sizes, from large firms to solo
practitioners operating out of their homes will be able to use
these guidelines to make positive changes toward greener
landscaping practices. Legal practitioners can also implement the
guidelines at their homes.

The MBA launched the Eco-Challenge in September 2007. Nearly
100 firms, attorneys or organizations have signed the MBA Lawyers
Environmental Pledge to join the Eco-Challenge. There are also
Pledge Partners outside of traditional law firms and the state of
Massachusetts.